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All of these have 1/2" ID Tubing and 1/2" OD Fitting except the pump which has 3/8" Fitting. Is this okay or I have to buy something. The tube I'm looking at is Tygon® Laboratory Tubing 1/2" I.D. 3/4" O.D. and 1/8" wall. I have few questions regarding of tubes.

1.) Is this good for my set up? I have heard that the thicker the wall the better. ANd I also like the look of really thick tube, is this the thickest tube with 1/2" ID?

2.) How many feet of tubings should I order? I have Antec P160. Im going to watercool cpu and gpu.

what i'd recommend to you is to search www.mcmaster.com for part number 5233K44 and get 25' of it. it's cheap, has a great bend radius, and is much smaller than 1/2" id tubing. it is tight over 1/2" barbs (a good thing) and i run mine without clamps. for the 3/8" barbs you'd need clamps.

for 1/2" id tubing 1/8" wall is the good stuff. your fans are not the issue here, the issue is that the BIP is a little weak for cooling a processor and video card.

you've listed everything you need, but the shroud is optional (i don't know if one is made for the BIP anyways). You definitely want to get AS5 paste.

A BIP will work for cooling both GPU and CPU although don't expect anything special out of it. A BIX would do a better job. But ideally somethnig in the 120.2 range would do you better. Or dual Rads if you just can't fit a rad that large in yoru case.

1/8" wall tubing is what you want.

Check my tubing stick for some info on tubing. Price/performance clearflex and masterkleer are the most popular.

The tygon is nice for really tight bends. Clearflex60 bends very well, but Tygon is more flexible. Unless you have some tight bends, go with the Clearflex 1/2"ID 3/4"OD mentioned above on mcmaster (catalog p 85) for .68 cents a foot. Their "Type 430 Stainless Steel Nonperforated Worm-Drive Hose and Tube Clamps" on page 213 are really good also btw.

I haven't yet, but I think my next rebuild I will probably order some, just to check it out. For my particular setup I don't know that it will do much for me, I have very gentle curves in my setup, so not sure the added pressure would do all that much.

But I do want to give it a try just to see how easy/difficult it is to work with and any pros or cons there may be associated with it.

The only 7/16" tubing I have seen is medical grade Tygon from usplastics for $2.18 per foot. Is there some other kind or place to get this? I don't know if it is worth the price difference compared to .68 for 1/2"ID 1/8" walled Clearflex60.

Thanks for all the replies. As for radiator, I cant fit anything bigger than single rad and I'm planning to use low noise fan; therefore, BIP is a better choice for me here. I know that this set up will not give me any extraordinary performance but it will be quiet and still yield better result ocing compared to air cooled, hopefully. I'm just stating my reasons, not being arrogant or anything.

For tubing, I'm going for this one, 5233K68, Masterkleer General Purpose Clear PVC Tubing 1/2" ID, 3/4" OD, 1/8". The reason I choose this is because Tygon is wayyyy expensive, close to $100 at 25', and Masterkleer performs as well as Clearflex but looks better. I also like the look of thick tubes better.

I don't know how committed you are to Danger Den, and 1/2" tubing, but you might want to check out the Corsair Cool kit. It has the same pump, same radiator, and a comparable CPU WB. You'd have to add a GPU WB, and it comes with 3/8" tubing, but its only $170 shipped on pricegrabber. And it comes with a radbox for mounting the radiator outside the case's exhaust port and a 5.25" reservoir. This is likely the set-up I'll get, for a total of $210 including a Swiftech GPU WB. Just a suggestion.

I don't know how committed you are to Danger Den, and 1/2" tubing, but you might want to check out the Corsair Cool kit. It has the same pump, same radiator, and a comparable CPU WB. You'd have to add a GPU WB, and it comes with 3/8" tubing, but its only $170 shipped on pricegrabber. And it comes with a radbox for mounting the radiator outside the case's exhaust port and a 5.25" reservoir. This is likely the set-up I'll get, for a total of $210 including a Swiftech GPU WB. Just a suggestion.

That is actually a good deal but I want 1/2" tubing and I am trying to fit everything inside my pc. Plus, I already ordered my parts and I think I'm going to stick with it. DD has good gpu block if you are upgrading to SLI later though. Thanks for suggestion.

well here's the deal on 7/16":
i have had tygon and clearflex 1/2" id, thin walled and thick. i've always thought it too bulky, never had too much trouble with bends. one day cathar recommeneded 7/16" id tubing out of the blue, and it stuck in my mind. he was saying that 7/16" id perfectly matches the 1/2" barbs we use (in terms of inner diameter) and that causes less friction of the loop (wrong word i know) and the size is between 3/8 and 1/2 so it's almost no loss from 1/2" id.
I got 50' of it because it was only $22 shipped. i love it and won't go back to "bulky" 1/2" id tubing